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A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard alongside armoured vehicles, flying the Ukrainian flag, on a road in a village in eastern Ukraine. (Sergei Chuzavkov, AP)
Soledar - Ukraine said on Friday three soldiers had been killed, the first fatalities in several days in the war-torn east, as a shaky truce with pro-Russian rebels appeared to gain some traction with an apparent weapons pull-back.
Isolated skirmishes highlighted the fragile situation as the UN discussed the conflict exactly one year after Russia and pro-Moscow forces began seizing ports and cities on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.
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